Toy body formed of sheet material



Sept. 25, 1928.

I. BERGER TOY BODY FORMED OF SHEET MATERIAL Filed Feb. 8. 1927 INVENTOR ATT NEY Patented Sept. 25, 1928.

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aoinoniz Fem-D or snaa'r nmaaran i My invention relates to new and useful improvements in toy elements and more particularly to an element formed from sheet material.

6 An object of my invention is to construct a toy element from sheet material in a novel manner.

Another object is to provide an element from an integral blank which will have sevll' eral related parts.

The invention consists in the improved construction of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and the novelty of which will be particularly pointed out and distinct-- ly claimed.

I have full and clearly illustrated a preferred embo iment of my invention in the accompanying drawings to be taken as a part of this specification, and wherein Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank which has been cut to the desired configuration,

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the completed element when assembled'on a chassis, and

Figure 3 is a transverse sectional view on the line 33 of Figure 2.

Referring to the drawings by characters of reference, the numeral 1 designates a blank of sheet material, preferably sheet 30 metal though cardboard or other board material may be used if desired. The blank 1 includes a hood portion 2, cock-pit or seat portion 3, and a body portion 4.

The hood portion 2 has side members 5, 6 which are joined by a center part 7. The side members 5, 6 are provided with fastening members 8, 9 respectively by which the hood portion is fixed on a chassis.

The seat portion 3 has side members 10, 11 which are extensions of the sides 5, 6 of the hood portion 2 and which are connected by an intervening part 12. The seat proper 13 is cut from the center part 7 extended but is left integral with the intervening part 12 at the back of the seat.

Each of the sides 10, 11 of the seat portion 3 has an end section 14, 15 respectively which connects the seat portion to the body portion 4. The side members of the body portion 4 are identical and therefore but one will be described. The side member 16 has a lower part 17 which is joined to a longitudinal panel 18 by a horizontal strip 19 and a. top part 20 which is joined to the panel 18 by a horizontal strip 21. The edge Application filed February 8,1927. Serial No. watts." j v .f

of the-tolp part- 20 is finished off by a flange 22-ai1d t 1e edge of the lower part 17 has a supporting flange 23. Suitable lugs 24 are provided on the body portion 4 to fasten it to a back (not shown) carried by the chassis.

The toy element is formed as follows: The upper and lower parts 20 and 17 are bent downwardly from the plane of the drawing into parallel planes at right angles to the panel 18 along lines 30. The side members then have the upper and lower parts bent outwardly respectively from each other to lie in a common plane parallel to panel 18. The flanges 22 and 23 are then bent upwardly and downwardly respectively at right angles to the plane of the panel. The whole side member is then bent upwardly along line 40 and back along line 41 so that the end section 14 is at right angles to seat side 5 and side member 16 is parallel to side 5. Both of the side members of the body portion are formed as just described. The seat portion 13 is now bent down along line 50 to form an obtuse angle with the intervening part 12 to make the back 51 and the seat proper 13 is then bent upwardly to make a right angle with back 51. The rear edge 52 of the intervening part 12 is then bent upwardly along line 53 .to form the front of the body portion 4. Finally the sides 5, 6 are bent downwardly at right angles to the plane of the drawing into parallel planes along lines 60, 61 which will also bring the sides 16, 16 of the body 4 into parallel planes, and the center part 7 is bowed slightly upward.

The completed element may then be placed upon a chassis 70, Figure 2, and secured thereon by the lugs 8, 9.

Having thus described my invention what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is:

1. A toy body comprising a single blank of sheet material having a hood portion, a seat portion and a body portion, said body 100 portion having side members with outwardly projecting panels, and an end section closing the end of each said panel and connecting said body portion tosaid seat portion.

2. A toy body, comprising a single blank 105 of sheet material having a hood portion, a seat portion and a body portion, said hood portion having side members in two substantially parallel planes, said seat portion having s de members in We u tant al y no parallel planes, the side members of said wardly bent side sections, a part of the said hood portion and the side members of said top section being cut out and bent to form the seat portion lying in the same two parallel seat portion, said body portion comprising 15 planes, said body portion having side inem vtwo vplates having longitudinally disposed 5 bers with outwardly projecting oppositely outwardly bent panels" and'bent over flanges,

disposed panels, and an end section closing and integral end sections for said panels inthe end of each said panel and connecting termcdiate thesides of the hood portion and said body portion to said seat portion; the end of the panels of the body sections. 20 p 3. A toy body comprising a single sheet In-testimony-whereof ISADORE BERGER has 10 of material having a hood portion, a seat signed his name to this specification this portion and a body portion, said hood por- 31st day of January, 1927. 7 'tion comprising a top section and down- ISADORE BERGER- 

